In pathology terms the difference between dysentery and cholera
is that dysentery is a disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high volume of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces while cholera is any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by the species: Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
dysentery
Noun
(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high volume of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.
* {{quote-song
, year = 1959
, title = In Old Mexico
, composer = (Tom Lehrer)
, passage = We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dystentery .
}}
Derived terms
* dysenteric
* amoebic dysentery
See also
* shigellosis
cholera
Noun
(-)
(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by the bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration
Derived terms
* Asiatic cholera
* chicken cholera
* choleraic
* cholera infantum
* cholera morbus
* choleroid
* epidemic cholera
* fowl cholera
* hog cholera
* Indian cholera
Related terms
* choler
See also
* gastroenteritis
Anagrams
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